Amy Poehler Wishes Stella McCartney Was Her Wife, and Other Confessions From the Designer’s Resort 2014 Presentation

Summer showers did little to dampen the festive spirit at Stella McCartney’s Resort 2014 presentation. In fact, according to some attendees, the decidedly British climate enhanced the atmosphere at West 10th Street’s Jefferson Market Garden. “Don’t you love a bit of rain?” asked Simon Doonan, creative ambassador-at-large at Barneys. “It’s poetic.”

The designer herself was less enthusiastic about the weather, but she shielded guests from its effects by tenting the grass, stationing an army of umbrella-bearing men at its entrance, and encouraging the collection’s admirers—including Madonna, Naomi Watts, and Julianne Moore—to “get a drink!” The casual staging highlighted the collection’s supreme wearability, while grabby guests’ handling of the accessories on display demonstrated its sartorial appeal. “It’s an avant garde-n party!” declared Leandra Medine of The Man Repeller.

Naomi Watts, outfitted in a McCartney jumpsuit, copped to snagging a few of the designer’s pieces for her upcoming summer press tour. “[The clothes are] always fun and they’re always on the edge,” said the actress. “But not over the top. You feel like you’re making a statement.”

Amy Poehler, who characterized her decision to wear heels to the event as “only for Stella,” agreed. “I just, like most people, wish she was my wife.”

Arriving on the arm of fiancé Michael Polish, Kate Bosworth stopped short of proposing marriage but was unequivocal in her praise for the designer. “I think Stella, as a person, is just magical,” she said, before declaring that she wears McCartney’s sharp-shouldered blazer “every day.”

Liv Tyler expressed gratitude for a different variety of Stella swag. “Usually, she sends me home with piñatas and balloons for my son,” she said. The designer’s longtime pal came with father Steven Tyler to ogle the collection. Sporting a crochet-knit poncho and color-blocked nail art, the Aerosmith front man explained his decision to attend as preordained. “I always wake up in the morning and do whatever my Rice Krispies tell me to do,” he said. “But I thought I would switch tonight to Twizzlers… [And] they said, ‘Stella McCartney, Stella McCartney.’”